Road-cart



(No Model.)

W. GHEGWIN.

ROAD CART.

Patented Aug. 15, 1882',

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

WILLIAM OHEGWIN, FOND DU LAO, WISCONSIN.

ROAD-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,570, dated August15, 1882.

Application filed May 25, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CHEGWIN, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Road-Carts, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in road carts or carriages havingtheir entrances from the rear; and the object of my improvement is toprovide a cheap and easy method of enlarging the space between the wheeland body of the vehicle for the more convenient and cleanly entrance andexit of passengers. 1 attain this object by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view ofthe vehicle with myinvention in place. Fig. 2 is a detailed view of myslide device. Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout bothviews.

A narrow body, B, hungbetween two wheels, 3 and supporting a seat, A,wider than the body and sufficient to accommodate two passengers, with astep or stirrup, 0, upon the rear side of the axle, constitutesubstantially the road cart or carriage in common use. A prime objectionto the vehicle is the narrow entrance-way 00 between the arm-seat andwheel. To obviate this objection I first detach and then adjust the seatA to the body B with a lateral shift or slide by means of the horizontalrod 0, extending, say, two-thirds of the width of the body from the sideopposite the entrance-way, and aflixed near the top and in the front ofthe body with screw-eyes or staples c c c. The ends of the rod arefurnished with heads or nuts to hold it in place. The screw-eyes c c areaffixed to the bottom of the seat near the front edge, (on the sides ofthe rod, eyes, or staples c c c in the direction of the movement,) andturn and slide on the rod (3 until checked by the staples c 0.

It is obvious that before mounting the vehicle a slight raising of theseat by the back rail thereof and moving it laterally the space betweenthe staples c c, as shown in Fig. 2, will enlarge theentrance-wayordistance from seat-arm to wheel from two-thirds to double thereof, andwhen in the vehicle a similar movement in reverse will restore the seatto its place, as shown in Fig. 1. The pin d, set into the rear top ofthe body and entering its socket in the rear bottom of the seat, willhold the seat firmly in place.

I claim as myinvention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Thecombination, in a road-cart or rearentrance vehicle, of an adjustablelateral-moving seat, A c c, with the body B, having a slide-rod, U,affixed by eyes or staples c c 0, working in connection with seat-eyes cc, the wheel 3 and stirrup c, all substantially as and for the purposesset forth in the specification.

2. The combination, in a lateral movable carriage-seat, of thescrew-eyes c c, slide-rod G, screw-eyes'or staples c c 0, and pin 01with the seat A and body B, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

WILLIAM GHEGWIN.

Witnesses:

I. B. PERRY, GEo. L. ARNOLD.

